Sam Roberts Band to play Capital EX festival
The soon-to-be-ex Capital EX festival is throwing a big rock party in the last year operating under its short-lived name that replaced Klondike Days. A short list of new name suggestions will be released on July 10. Meanwhile, Sam Roberts was announced Thursday as another big headliner at the Telus Stage, playing Saturday, July 21. […]
TEDESCHI TRUCKS: Marriage like a band, band like a marriage
We’ve beaten to death this idea that being in a band is like a marriage – but what about a band that literally is a marriage? The Tedeschi Trucks Band – at the Jubilee Auditorium Friday night – is centred around Derek Trucks and Susan Tedeschi, a power blues couple if there ever was one. […]
BRYAN’S SONGS: Now or never, all or nothing
Bryan Adams doesn’t do anything by half. It’s either now or never. There is no stalling for some indeterminate point in the near future. Everywhere you go, the kids wanna rock, not just certain places you go. The lack of direct empirical evidence doesn’t seem to matter. Has Bryan actually played everywhere just to make […]
Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros hit town Sept. 18
Fans of one of the freshest and most eclectic acts seen at last year’s Edmonton Folk Music Festival won’t want to miss the return of Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros. The band has announced a cavalcade of tour dates for early fall – including Tuesday, Sept. 18 at Edmonton Event Centre. Tickets go on […]
Stone Temple Pilots on sale Friday
Pearl Jam stole all that 20-year nostalgia mojo, but there is another … Tickets go on sale Friday for the return of veteran grunge rock band Stone Temple Pilots, at the the Shaw Conference Centre on Wednesday, Sept. 12. Featuring the flambouyant and occasionally unstable lead singer Weiland, the band was going to be working […]
Colin James to play the Jubilee Auditorium Nov. 15
He just came back to say … I’m back! Man, that Colin James joke never gets old, and yes, the multi-stylistic Vancouver veteran will return to perform at the Jubilee Auditorium on Thursday, Nov. 15. Tickets go on sale Friday. A man who never wears out his welcome in this town, James is touring with […]
Folk fest sells out in record time, Justin Bieber, too
Stop whatever has replaced presses: The Edmonton Folk Music Festival has sold out. Again. Like anybody didn’t see that coming. “It was crazy,” says producer Terry Wickham, who reports that 1,200 people showed up at the folk fest office to buy tickets in person at 9 p.m. Friday morning, where it’s usually around 400. Online […]
WEEKEND MUSIC PREVIEW: Deer Tick about to pop
What appears to be a quiet weekend for original live music is livened up by a number of highlights that include a CD release party for local favourites Scenic Route To Alaska, a 20th anniversary gig for punk veterans Chixdiggit, and perhaps the biggest draw of all, Deer Tick at the Starlite Room. Friday Fall […]
CONCERTS: Gotye to play Shaw Conference Centre Aug. 28
Wasn’t that just a song we used to know? Not yet – not until we can see it performed live. And of course Gotye is still going strong. With “Somebody That I Used To Know” hitting No. 1 in just about every country in the world, the Australian singer and his band are set to […]
